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[Red84]

People are ridiculous.

[Dr Chaos]

There is nothing wrong with constructive criticism.

 

We all learn something new every day.

 

With that being said why is it that with this thread and PMs available for such things that thread crapping seems to be the go to move for so many?

 

It was bad enough that people were criticizing my gold / silver / age sales thread before I even finished putting the listings up (despite warnings in the OP that the thread and links were under construction at the time) but now someone decides to quote one of these posts.

 

Since some people seem to be unable to help themselves I would appreciate if one of the mods can make this latest post in my thread go poof.

Edited September 7, 2015 by Dr Chaos

[vaillant]

There is nothing wrong with constructive criticism.

 

We all learn something new every day.

 

With that being said why is it that with this thread and PMs available for such things that thread crapping seems to be the go to move for so many?

 

It was bad enough that people were criticizing my gold / silver / age sales thread before I even finished putting the listings up (despite warnings in the OP that the thread and links were under construction at the time) but now someone decides to quote one of these posts.

 

Since some people seem to be unable to help themselves I would appreciate if one of the mods can make this latest post in my thread go poof.

You are absolutely right as far as your sales threads go, but in the case discussed (which I aptly thought to comment here) the situation it’s pretty different, and we should consider all the "takeit" we post as a binding contract, unless there are serious reasons to cancel the sale. :shrug:

[VintageComics]

List updated. And a 10-year board veteran no less

 

I combed the thread but didn't see anything obvious. Who was the 10 year board veteran that backed out of a deal?

[fastballspecial]

I can understand your point and I may be cynical lately but it is a privilege to sell here because sellers don't pay any fees to do so, besides PayPal fees.

 

I don't believe that particular seller is over-grading on purpose but with the

influx of hit and run sellers that fill this place now.

It doesn't hurt to just take a stance and say enough already.

I don't think creating a gentleman's club of etiquette will work when

trying to show people the error of their ways.

I see your point about the privilege thing, in that sense you’re quite right.

 

But I still believe we should take a lot more care in electronic written communication: it’s neither spoken nor written word, but with the all the disadvantages and no advantage of both.

 

Thank God for the emoticons!

(Which at least remove some ambiguity, especially when unintended)

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Hit and run sellers wont get much business here. Usually people looking for a steal. I too agree about it being a privilege, but your viewpoint on how to proceed just choosing the wrong road.

 

It will do more damage to good sellers because honestly your viewpoint of a grade and my viewpoint of a grade are different.

 

Ebay is proving this point the last year or two. Some new buyer doesn't like the grade of his book he bought. Doesn't matter that the grade is correct the buyer just doesn't agree with it. That's all ebay or paypal needs now. Education or not the book will get returned. I've even had a buyer tell me the grade was correct they are just picky.

 

Its here as well we just have a more civil way of reaching agreement.

You were replying to Red Hood, I suppose…

 

FBS <---------------------Nods his head

 

Edited September 7, 2015 by Fastballspecial

[jsilverjanet]

List updated. And a 10-year board veteran no less

 

I combed the thread but didn't see anything obvious. Who was the 10 year board veteran that backed out of a deal?

 

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=8849915#Post8849915

[Hado]

 

[crassus]

There is nothing wrong with constructive criticism.

 

We all learn something new every day.

 

With that being said why is it that with this thread and PMs available for such things that thread crapping seems to be the go to move for so many?

 

It was bad enough that people were criticizing my gold / silver / age sales thread before I even finished putting the listings up (despite warnings in the OP that the thread and links were under construction at the time) but now someone decides to quote one of these posts.

 

Since some people seem to be unable to help themselves I would appreciate if one of the mods can make this latest post in my thread go poof.

 

Fair enough. However people may feel about the sales presentation, that is a matter of opinion, and your thread is otherwise conform to the rules. There were some good natured and constructive posts, but some were definitely neither and I agree with you that those negative posts should be removed.

[VintageComics]

List updated. And a 10-year board veteran no less

 

I combed the thread but didn't see anything obvious. Who was the 10 year board veteran that backed out of a deal?

 

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=8849915#Post8849915

 

Man....

[Gsims718]

Not to make a case out of it, but – regarding jhutton's last sales thread, for which he had a cancelled deal, the reason brought was that "this wasn't a fair practice", referred to the fact he offered increasing discount offers at the end of the thread for the books left.

 

Now I hope this nonsense does not become the norm: if I decide to gradually discount what’s left – say – up to 80%, it’s a choice and a deal offered not an "unfair practice".

 

That has to be one of the worst excuses for backing out of a purchase. He would have been better off just saying he changed his mind. Really that is just being greedy and obnoxious. He wants his first choice of books and any discounts applied later.

 

 

No doubt. That's a new one on me. I don't think I've seen that before. I've seen all manner of self-entitled, navel-gazing, "my mommy says I'm special so the rules don't apply to me" type of behavior on this board, but this one is new.

 

And I've had a seller offer me books, responding to a WTB post I made, that were priced 40% higher than his prices in a sales thread he had currently running at the time.

 

He did manage to blame it on his wife. So he had that going for him.

 

It's not cool. We've seen threads for years with incremental price reductions. It's an accepted practice here and a common practice in most retail markets.

I do this on a regular basis, and have never had anyone complain about it. I try to price fairly to begin with, and if you had not taken the book before reduction, there is a good chance someone else would have. By waiting for a reduction you are risking that someone finds the price fair enough to purchase it before you. To ask for it retroactively is ridiculous.

[KPR Comics]

List updated. And a 10-year board veteran no less

 

I combed the thread but didn't see anything obvious. Who was the 10 year board veteran that backed out of a deal?

 

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=8849915#Post8849915

 

Man....

 

Yes, for $10 and blamed it on his wife. So ...

[wombat]

I'm going to try this method of price negotiation out tomorrow. I'll take a new Blu Ray and one from the $5 dollar bin at Best Buy and demand I only have to pay $5 for both. Wish me luck.

[crassus]

I'm going to try this method of price negotiation out tomorrow. I'll take a new Blu Ray and one from the $5 dollar bin at Best Buy and demand I only have to pay $5 for both. Wish me luck.

 

Great idea! And after that why not hit up your favourite local retailers for their Boxing Day sales! I mean, why wait.

 

 

 

 

[AJD]

There is nothing wrong with constructive criticism.

 

We all learn something new every day.

 

With that being said why is it that with this thread and PMs available for such things that thread crapping seems to be the go to move for so many?

 

It was bad enough that people were criticizing my gold / silver / age sales thread before I even finished putting the listings up (despite warnings in the OP that the thread and links were under construction at the time) but now someone decides to quote one of these posts.

 

Since some people seem to be unable to help themselves I would appreciate if one of the mods can make this latest post in my thread go poof.

 

Fair enough. However people may feel about the sales presentation, that is a matter of opinion, and your thread is otherwise conform to the rules. There were some good natured and constructive posts, but some were definitely neither and I agree with you that those negative posts should be removed.

 

As one of the negative posters, let me set the record straight. My post was over an hour after the first (and at that time only) post in the thread. The post was wordy, visually distracting and confusing as to where the books for sale were, and the only link took me to a list of moderns. As it happens, the OP was coming back with the moving parts required to turn it into a G/S/B sales thread later, but that wasn't obvious at the time - I thought 'work in progress' meant 'more books to be added'. As others later suggested, he could have used the test thread to build it.

 

For my part I'm sorry if Dr Chaos took offence, but it was fair criticism at the time - and a mod could easily have decided to poof his first post if he'd come across it at the same time I did.

[Junkdrawer]

Anyone planning to create a large and extensive sales thread should create it in a PM and then just copy and paste it when ready. If you are looking to create a scene, insight riots, etc then just go ahead create a thread, dangle some raw meat and go out to dinner.

[ChiSoxFan]

 

 

Agreed.

 

Looking at the thread now, it's a $10 difference and a $10 they were never entitled to at all.

 

Amazing people will douse their board reputations in gas and light up over less than the cost of a tpb.

Good on the seller for just walking away, but you're absolutely right. You can't expect a discount that applies to what's left on books you quickly took because there was competition.

 

Absolutely, and I know I was some of that "competition" claiming some of the other similar books in that thread, but some not quickly enough (I was on my phone at work during a break, which was not conducive to quick buying).

[comix4fun]

List updated. And a 10-year board veteran no less

 

I combed the thread but didn't see anything obvious. Who was the 10 year board veteran that backed out of a deal?

 

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=8849915#Post8849915

 

Man....

 

Yes, for $10 and blamed it on his wife. So ...

 

And I just redid the math. The difference was less than $9. . Not that it could possibly a more ridiculous set of actions.

[KPR Comics]

Argh, not sure why this gets to me so much. It's the GD principle of it i guess. Grand scheme of things, it's all meaningless. But come on. The offender should politely ask his wife for at least one of his nuts back, sack up, and pay OP.

[Hado]

 

 

Agreed.

 

Looking at the thread now, it's a $10 difference and a $10 they were never entitled to at all.

 

Amazing people will douse their board reputations in gas and light up over less than the cost of a tpb.

Good on the seller for just walking away, but you're absolutely right. You can't expect a discount that applies to what's left on books you quickly took because there was competition.

 

Absolutely, and I know I was some of that "competition" claiming some of the other similar books in that thread, but some not quickly enough (I was on my phone at work during a break, which was not conducive to quick buying).

Not exactly fair for you or the seller.

 

[Park]

List updated. And a 10-year board veteran no less

 

I combed the thread but didn't see anything obvious. Who was the 10 year board veteran that backed out of a deal?

 

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=8849915#Post8849915

 

Man....

 

 

That is pathetic.